June 11, 2009 / Front Page

A welcome spray of cool water met the 1,400 BRAG bicycle riders who arrived Friday morning as the Washington Fire Department manned their ladder-mounted hose high above Hospital Drive near the finish line to Friday More...

A star Tiger athlete was shot in the foot while attending a basketball camp tournament at Cedar Shoals High School in Athens last Friday night. He was treated and released at an Athens hospital and is now recovering at home. More...

Funeral services for Valeria Vaughn Bradley, 83, of Decatur, were held Sunday, June 7, 2009, at Hopkins Funeral Home, Washington, with Rev. Steve Rayner officiating. Burial was in the County Line Baptist Church Cemetery, Rayle. More...

Campers from Washington Little Theater's Summer Drama Camp rehearse for their production of "The Jungle Book" set for Friday and Saturday, June 12 and 13 at 7 p.m., and in Saturday and Sunday afternoon matinees at 2 p.m. More...

The Washington City Council discussed a variety of subjects at Monday night's regular meeting, including the Wilkes County Senior Center, an extended outreach to veterans, and appointments to the Downtown Development Authority. More...

Becky Hooton (right), Volunteer of the Year at the Wilkes Pre-Release Center, told members of the Washington Rotary Club about the Christian ministry programs held at the Center and in particular the 12-week "Experiencing God" program she leads. More...

Tommy Johns, Claudia the Hippo, and their band of puppets, including the notorious Roosevelt Rat will be blazing a trail of fun and creativity to the Mary Willis Library on Tuesday, June 16, at 10 a.m. The performance will be "The Reading Round UP. More...

TO THE EDITOR: I read with concern the article about the Georgia Deptartment of Natural Resources laying off folks operating the Robert Toombs House. Washington has a lot to offer our tourist friends visiting our wonderful city. More...

Megan Nicole Patterson and Timothy Cody Schmotz of Birmingham, Ala., exchanged wedding vows Saturday, May 2, at six o'clock in the evening at The Dyson House, home of the bride's grandparents, Raymond and Elizabeth Hurd, in Washington. More...